I am a Registered Art Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate with over 10 years experience providing individual and group therapy. As a practicing Art Therapist, I have witnessed time and again the tremendous healing power of the creative process, facilitated in a safe yet inspiring setting. In my work I draw inspiration from Gestalt, Existential and Transpersonal approaches to counseling. I am comfortable working with children, adolescents, adults, older adults, groups, and families to assess and treat the following: anxiety, depression, and other mental and emotional problems and disorders; family and relationship issues; abuse and domestic violence; social and emotional difficulties, grief and loss.

My passions include helping clients find solutions to their relationship challenges. I am particularly interested in assisting both women and men in transition find their new balance and learn empowerment in their new roles.

My training and experience has focused on several areas: assisting with relationship dilemmas, helping aging clients and caregivers, supporting women in transition, and counseling substance abuse clients. I believe that anyone who has the desire to change has the ability to change.

My recent training has provided me with expertise as a Child and Family Investigator (CFI) for the state of Colorado. It is an intensely emotional and stressful time for couples and children as they endeavor to establish child custody, decision-making responsibilities, and child support.

I look forward to being a part of your life journey.

Betty Cannon, Ph.D., is the president of the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute. BPI trains therapists in Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP). AEP interlaces the insights of contemporary existential and psychodynamic approaches with techniques inspired by Gestalt and other experiential therapies. Betty is its founder. She holds doctorates in both literature and psychology. She is Professor Emerita at the Colorado School of Mines and Adjunct Professor at Naropa Univesity and Regis University. She is the author of many articles and book chapters on existential therapy. Her book, Sartre and Psychoanalysis, is considered a classic in existential psychology. She has worked with individuals, couples, and groups in Boulder for over 30 years and trained therapists for over 20 years. Her long experience in the field has not diminished her passion for her work. She feels privileged to have shared so deeply with so many people over the years. Her life has been enriched by the courageous work of her clients and students.

Leah Raulerson is a clinical intern at Noeticus Counseling Center & Training Institute. As a Masters student at Naropa, Leah studies Somatic Counseling, with concentrations in Body Psychotherapy and Dance/Movement Therapy. Leah is a trauma-informed, client centered therapist using mindfulness, body awareness, and movement to connect and reintegrate the self and the self in relationship.